CARISSIMI, GIACOMO
(18 April 1605, Marino near Rome – 12 January 1674, Rome)
Composer credited with significant development of the operatic style in Italian sacred music, particularly in the genre of Latin oratorio, of which he composed 14, Jephte being the most famous. There are also 100 motets, and a few stile antico masses. He worked in Tivoli (1627) and Assisi (1628–1629) and by 15 December 1629 was appointed maestro di cappella of the Collegio Germanico in Rome, where he remained until his death.